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From the guy who brought us FOMO, here's how to combat its 'insidious twin,' FOBO

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Patrick J. McGinnis coined the term FOMO in 2004 to quantify fear of missing out on something fun, grand, or important.

Now, he's called FOBO , the "insidious twin" of FOMo.

FOBO can look like piling up as many options as possible, piling up "maybes" and abandoning ship when it's time to actually finalize plans.

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